Sault Star columnist Nadine Robinson captured this view of the partial lunar eclipse from her property near Hiawatha, which peaked Friday at about 4 a.m. ET. It was the longest partial eclipse in almost 600 years. Nadine Robinson
Century of solemn and inspiring landscapes
Almost exactly a century ago, even down to the season, J.E.H MacDonald painted one of the Group of Seven’s most recognizable paintings, that of The Solemn Land. Fast forward 100 years and that notable painting of the rugged bluffs on the Montreal River hangs in the National Gallery of Canada. Meanwhile, the Double Door Gallery outside Barrie, Ont., will host …
Opinion: ‘Pretty clear’ Canada didn’t uphold its treaty promise
Treaty recognition week just ended, and I almost missed it. Perhaps you are in the same jiimaan (Anishinaabe word for boat) as me? I truly didn’t know what I didn’t know (something that I find that is happening to me more and more as I age). I’m still reflecting on this week, and how I can be on the right …
Mighty fun having fungi now on ‘my radar’
Foraging and edible mushroom groups on social media are cropping up more frequently than the mushrooms themselves this fall, and that’s saying something because this has been a rainy and fabulous fungi fall. This is my first year interested in the spore-t (yes, that is a mushroom pun), and it’s fast becoming a feather in my cap (yup, again, pun …
More ‘productive’ parliamentary days, please
Let’s talk about how we earn our salaries. Most of us have to do work to get paid, and for a lot of us that also means having to go to a workplace, even out of town. What about our elected officials? Tasha Kheiriddin wrote an opinion column about our Parliament’s sitting days and why we should care. She wrote …
Unfamiliar apps, services help make recent travel tickety-boo
While the pandemic has caused all kinds of unexpected bumps for travellers everywhere, my last trip to southern Ontario catalyzed me into finding out about some new and useful technologies to aid in travel in and around Toronto. With Porter flying again, we were able to secure decent flights. The issue was trying to get a rental car. I knew …
Rules around COVID-19 ring hollow without enforcement
As news and social media stories cross my screen on people not following COVID-19 protocols in our community, I can’t help but think that we need a lesson in parenting, and … well … “humaning.” Two incidents in particular have reminded me that rules with no enforcement are useless. Firstly, there are multiple establishments in Sault Ste. Marie that have decided …
We owe it to residential school victims, survivors — and ourselves — to ‘dive into ugly truth’
This past week social media lit up with three days about children: National Daughters Day, National Sons Day, and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The first two seem like new, commercial, greeting card occasions, and hopefully won’t distract from the third, which is where our focus should be right now in Canada. According to web searches, National Sons …
Old adage ‘every vote matters’ surely rings true in Sault
In this federal election, there were a half dozen ridings that were too close to call by the end of Monday night, including Sault Ste. Marie. This holds important wisdom for us as voters and for the candidates themselves. In a nutshell, every voter and vote matters; and every day’s work matters for candidates and elected officials. Here in Sault …
Wanted: Ways to help loosen the black cat’s grip
It’s that time of year again, where summer lovers start feeling blue. Whether you call it the black dog, like Winston Churchill did, or you call it seasonal affective disorder (SAD), or just plain old depression, there is something about September that seems to always get a hold of me. I cope with it in a variety of ways, but …